Package wrapper



April 23, 1935.

H. L. GREVE PACKAGE WRAPPER Filed April 4', 1934 INVENTOR lgz'krman L.Grere ATTSRNEYS Patented Apr. 23, 1935 UNITED STATES PACKAGE WRAPPERHerman L. Greve, Hollis, N. Y., ass'ignor to In- V ternational MailingTube and Wrapper Comparry, Long Island City, N. Y.

Application April 4, 1934, SerialNo. 718,910

4 Claims.

an improved wrapper or envelope for containing sheets, such asstationery, carbon paper, stencil paper and the like, which may beerected from a fiat blank and assembled for use without pasting orstapling.

A further and principal object of my invention is to provide a cardboardwrapper or envelope of this character which may be employed to packagesheets, such as stencil paper, and from which one or more of such sheetsmay be removed from one end of the envelope without disassembling thepackage, thereby permitting the packaged sheets to be stored, as in adesk drawer, and one or more sheets to be removed from one end of thepackage without removing the package from the drawer or other place of.

storage.

Further objects and advantages will more fully appear from the followingdetailed description and the features of novelty will be particularlypointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a sheet of cardboard, scored so that portionsthereof may be relatively folded to facilitate erection of the envelope,

and showing the arrangement and position of the apertures formed thereinand of the clips secured thereto for holding the envelope in itsassembled form.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the envelope erected from the sheet anddiscloses how one end of the envelope may be opened to insert sheetstherein or remove sheets therefrom.

I am aware that wrappers very similar to the construction hereillustrated have been previously patented and desire to point out thatthe present improvement relates particularly to the assembledrelationship of the end flaps and to the positioning and arrangement ofthe fastening means to provide an envelope affording the noveladvantages herein set forth.

The wrapper comprises a body portion l0, side walls II,' end walls I2,cover portions I3 and I4 respectively, and end flaps I5 and I6respectively. At the outer edge of each cover portion a recess or notchI1 is formed which divides the edge into sectionsIS and IS. At eachoutside corner of the cover I3 is an aperture 28 and a similar apertureis formed in the outside corner of cover I4 adjacent section it thereof.An aperture is also provided in end flap It as indicated at 2|.

A suitable metal clip 22 is fastened to end flap PATEN T OF-FIE l5 andis provided with a tongue'which passes thru the registering apertures 28in the near adjacent corners of covers I3 and Hand isbent back tosecurely lock the overlapping sections it of the; cover portions. 24is'fastened to the outer corner of cover Madjacent. the section 59thereof and is positioned to register with the remaining aperture ZB-andaperture 2| of the end flap. I6.

In erecting the envelope, the side are first bent perpendicular to thebody' portion and the end flap I5 is then inwardly folded. The

' covers I3 and It are next folded down and their sections I8 and I9interlocked in such manner that section l8. of cover 13 will overlieendflap I5, and section ll] of cover l4 will overlie the corresponding"section of cover I3. The tongue of clip 22 is passed thruthe aperturedportions of the overlying covers and bent to secure one end of theenvelope in assembled position.

Because of the interlocking of the sections l8 and [9 of the covers, areversed relation results at the opposite end of the envelope where theapertured section I9 of cover I3 will overlie the clip 24 affixed to thecorresponding section of cover I4. The perforate end flap it may then befolded down and engaged by the tongue of clip 24. To gain access to thisend of the envelope, therefore, only the end flap I6 need be releasedfrom engagement by the clip 24.

From the foregoing, it will be obvious that whereas end flap I5 ispositioned and secured below the cover portions-in tucked relation theend flap I6 overlies the covers and may be released from clip 24 andfolded back to gain access to the envelope without disassembling theopposite end of the envelope or disturbing the relation of the covers tothe body portion nor to each other. When end flap I6 is open, clip 24may-be employed to securely fasten sections I9 of the covers togetherand, since the clip is made of extremely pliable metal, the operationsof securing and releasing the end flap it may be repeated many timeswithout breaking off the clip tongue.

It will be noted that the ends of the covers adjacent flap I6 arerecessed or cut away at 25 to facilitate the removal of sheets from theenvelope and that the end flap I6 is adapted to cover the cut-awayareas.

As thus constructed, I have found the envelope cheap to manufacture,simple to erect, long wearing, and well suited for the shipment andstorage of stationery, stencil paper, carbon paper, and the like. In useit provides substantial convenience A similar tongued clip 5 .and endwalls 10 to the user because it permits convenient piecemeal removal ofits contents while maintaining the security of the original packaging.lhis latter advantage has been particularly apparent where it is desiredto store the packaged sheets in a desk drawer or other confined place ofstorage.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A wrapper for packaging a plurality of sheets in a manner tofacilitate their piecemeal removal, said wrapper being folded from asingle sheet of flat cardboard and comprising a body portion, portionsforming covers, and portions forming end flaps, one of said flaps beingfolded to underlie said covers and the other flap .being folded tooverlie said covers, a. fastener carried by said underlying flap wherebythe covers may be removably held adjacent one end of the wrapper, and afastener carried by one ofsaid covers adjacent the other end of thewrapper for removably holding said covers togethers.

*2. A wrapper forpackaging a plurality of sheets ina'manner tofacilitatetheir piecemeal removal, said wrapperbeing folded from asingle sheet of flat cardboard and comprising a body portion,portionsformingcovers, andportions-forming end flaps, one ofv said.flaps being folded to underlie said covers and; the other flap beingfolded to overlie saidicover-s, afastener carried by said underlyingflap whereby the covers may be removablyheld' adjacent one. end of thewrapper, and ,a fastenercarried by one of said covers adjacent :theother-endof the wrapper for removably'holdmg, said covers together, theend edge areas. of

saidscoversadjacent said overlying flap being cut ,awayand saidoverlying flap overextending said areas.v

3.. A-wrapper for packaging aplurality of sheets ina-manner-tofacilitate their piecemeal removal,

said Wrapper being folded from a single sheet of flat cardboard andcomprising a body portion, portions forming covers, and portions formingend flaps, said covers extending to partially overlap each other, one ofsaid flaps being folded to underlie said covers and having a fastenerfor removably holding the adjacent overlapping areas of said, coverstogether and to the flap atone end of the wrapper; one of said coversalso having a fastener carried thereby adjacent the other end ,of thewrapper for removably holding the covers are together and whereby theother end flap may be removably secured in overlapped relation to saidcovers.

4. Awrapperfor packaging a plurality of sheets in amannerto facilitatetheir piecemeal removal, said Wrapper being folded from a single sheetof flat cardboard and comprising a body portion, portions formingcovers, and portions forming end flaps, said covers extending topartially overlap each other andhaving notches in-the edges thereofwhereby theymay be interlocked, one of said flaps being folded tounderlie said covers and having a fastener carried thereby, andtheadjacent overlapping areas of said covers beingperfora-tein registerwith saidfastenerto receive the same whereby said covers aresecuredtogether'and to'the flap at one end of the wrapper; one of saidcovers also having a fastener carried thereby adjacent the other end ofthe wrapper, and the other cover having a perforation formed thereinpositioned to register with said fastener toreceive the same whereby thecovers are further securedtogether, and the other 'endflap having aperforation therein positioned to register with said lastnamed fastenerwhereby it may be removably sccured in overlapped relation tosaidcovers.

HERMAN L. GREVE.

